Bad Ass (song)

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"Bad Ass"
Bad Ass Kid Ink.png
Single by Kid Ink featuring Meek Mill and Wale
from the album Almost Home
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2013
Recorded2013
Genre Hip hop
Length4:58
Label Tha Alumni Music Group, RCA
Songwriter(s) Brian Todd Collins, Robert Williams, Olubowale Akintimehin, Devin Montgomery
Producer(s) Devin Cruise [1]
Kid Ink singles chronology
"Bad Ass"
(2013)
"Money and the Power"
(2013)
Meek Mill singles chronology
"Young & Gettin' It"
(2012)
"Bad Ass"
(2013)
"Believe It"
(2013)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bad Ass" (featuring Meek Mill & Wale) Brian Todd Collins, Robert Williams, Olubowale Akintimehin, Devin Montgomery Devin Cruise 4:58

Chart performance

On the week of February 9, 2013, "Bad Ass" debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, but left the next week. [6] That same week, it debuted at number 27 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, [7] but fell sixteen spots to number 43 for the week of February 16, before leaving the chart completely. [8]

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 90
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 27

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United StatesJanuary 22, 2013 Digital download Tha Alumni Music Group, RCA Records
February 26, 2013 Rhythmic contemporary radio

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